WEBVTT HE CONTINUES OUR TEAM COVERAGELIVE FROM SANTA CRUZ.PHIL THIS IS ALMOST LIKE DEJUVU.FIRE CREWS FROM SOUTHERNCALIFORNIA ANSWERED THE CALL TOBATTLE THE NAPA AND SONOMACOUNTY FIRES IN OCTOBER.NOW FIRE CREWS FROM NORTHERNCALIFORNIA HAVE ANSWERED THEMUTUAL AID CALL FOR HELP DOWSOUTH.>> WE ARE GETTING INTO UNCHARTEDTERRITORY.THINGS ARE GETTING HOT AND FASTAND UNPREDICTABLE.PHIL: WITH SANTA ANA WIND GUSTSPREDICTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND,FIREFIGHTERS ARE ANSWERING THECALL TO PROVIDE MUCH-NEEDEDRELIEF TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAAGENCIES.THIS CAL FIRE CREW OUT OFCORRALITOS WAS GEARING UP. THEY GOT THE CALL TO HELPPROTECT HOMES AND SAVE LIVESFROM THE FAST MOVING FIRES.>> IT'S VERY DYNAMIC.THINGS HAPPEN QUICK, SO YOU HAVETO HAVE YOU'RE HEAD ON A SWIVEL PHIL: MORE THAN 100 CAL FIRE SANMATEO-SANTA CRUZ COUNTY ANDLOCAL GOVERNMENT STRIKE TEAMSHAVE BEEN SENT TO SOUTHECALIFORNIA AND MORE ARE ON THEWAY. X THAT'S WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO TOSUPPORT FOLKS THROUGH THE STATEOF CALIFORNIA.THAT'S OUR MISSION.WHETHER IT IS SANTA CRUZ COUNTYIN THE BEAR FIRE, WHETHER IT WASTHE LOMA PRIETA FIRE IN SANTCLARA COUNTY OR IT'S THE THOMASFIRE IN VENTURA COUNTY, THAT'SWHAT WE DO.PHIL: THE SEASONAL FIRE FIGHTERWERE LAID OFF, BUT BECAUSE OFTHE INTENSITY OF THE SOUTHERCALIFORNIA FIRES THEY WEREREHIRED. FIVE WERE REHIRED BY CAL FIRE INSANTA CRUZ COUNTY-ANOTHER SEVEFIRE FIGHTERS FOR SANTA CLARACOUNTY. >> IT'S AN ALL HANDS FIRE.IT'S JUST BASICALLY A REVERSE OFWHAT HAPPENED A MONTH AND A HALFAGO IN THE SONOMA-NAPA COUNTY.WE USE RESOURCES FROM THE SOUTHAND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUTWHEN YOU HAVE MUTUAL AID.PHIL: EVEN WITH RESOURCESHEADING SOUTY, LOCAL FIRESTATIONS WILL REMAIN FULLYSTAFFED.ERIN: THE FIRES ARE PUTTING OFFHUGE PLUMES OF SMOKE.THIS IS A BIRDS EYE VIEW OF THETHOMAS FIRE IN VENTURA COUNTTHE PHOTO TAKEN FROM A NASAAIRCRAFT.DA YOU CAN SEE THE SMOKE.SOME OF THAT SMOKE AT HIGHERALTITUDES MAKING ITS WAY TO THECENTRAL COAST. WE SAW A LOT OF IT THIS MORNING.LEE: WE DID.IN THE MORNING, THINGS TEND TOSETTLE.THERE IS LESS WIND, SO PARTICLESDRIFT DOWN.THE AFTERNOON, MORE OF A BREEZE,AND THAT IS A GOOD THING.WE WILL BE IN THIS PATTERN FOR ALITTLE BIT.WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT AND THEAIR QUALITY, WHICH IS ACTUALLYOK RIGHT NOW.MODERATE TO GOOD.WE ARE OK FOR MOST GROUPS INTERMS OF EXERCISING AND BEINGOUTDOORS.TAKING A LOOK AT THE FIRE ANDSMOKE FROM THE INTERNATIONALSPACE CENTER.THIS IS GETTING INTO THEATMOSPHERE FOR SURE.WE ARE FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM ITTHAT MOST OF IT GOING OUT OVERTHE OCEAN AND THEN EVENTUALLYWAFTING AND DRIFTING NORTHWARDLATE LAST NIGHT.WE HAVE A LOT OF FIRES DOWNTHERE.IT IS NOT JUST THE THOMAS FIRE.THERE IS A LOT OF SMOKEGENERATED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAWORKING ITS WAY UP HERE.UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD THE SHIFTIN THE WIND AT UPPER LEVELS OUTOF THE SOUTH, SO IT IS MOVINGTHE SMOKE NORTHWARD.READ FLAG WARNINGS CONTINUE OVERGOOD PORTIONS OF SOUTHERNCALIFORNIA.STIL WINDY, ALTHOUGH NOT QUITEAS WINDY AS IT WAS 24 HOURS AGO.NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30TOMORROW, SO THE WIND ISSTARTING TO RELAX A BIT.WE STILL HAVE WIND ADVISORIESGOING.IT IS STILL VERY WINDY, BUT THISIS HALF OF WHAT WE HAD IN TERMSOF GUSTS A COUPLE DAYS AGO.RELATIVE HUMIDITY BONE DRY.I WAS LOOKING AT SOME OF THESENUMBERS.IT IS ABOUT AS DRY AS THEATMOSPHERE COULD POSSIBLY GET,AND THAT DOESN'T HELP ANYTHING.75 IS THE TEMPERATURE TOMORROW,SO IT IS NOT EXTREME HEAT INTERMS ABOUT THE FIREFIGHTERS AREWORKING WITH UNLESS THEY ARE ATTHE IMMEDIATE FIRE.GENERALLY, WHEN BECOMING OUT ANDPUSHING MOST OF THE SMOKE OUTOVER THE OCEAN FOR TOMORROW ANDWINDS LESSENING OVER THEWEEKEND.WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT THATMEANS FOR US AND IF THERE IS ANY